Anime General Thread (Official)

[Terminus]

The SAO LNs got picked up by Yen Press, and I'm kinda really shocked. Just the manga (which they also got) wouldn't have surprised me, but hopefully this is good news for Light Novels. Might pick them up, everything after the anime sounds pretty neat. Mostly GGO.And I read all of the translated chapters of Freezing a little wile ago. The anime was good enough for me to want to see how the story would play out in the second season, but the manga is just so much better, not surprised its in the top ten on the fan translation site.

[The Lonesome Wanderer]

Would Tower of God count as a manga?

Because I've been reading a lot of it, it's very good.

[DYLAN the SINKING STAR]

I already started reading the fan translation of the SAO LNs but I'll definitely be purchasing it when it comes out here. Hopefully they start releasing the volumes in fairly short intervals because I've heard good things about everything after the anime. More light novel licenses are always welcome, especially if the anime isn't as good or doesn't adapt the full story.

Edited August 23, 2013 by DYLAN the SINKING STAR

[Dapper-Sama]

I cannot find any manga that interests me, anywhere, ever.

 

Can someone help me with this?

[Ektris]

I already started reading the fan translation of the SAO LNs but I'll definitely be purchasing it when it comes out here. Hopefully they start releasing the volumes in fairly short intervals because I've heard good things about everything after the anime. More light novel licenses are always welcome, especially if the anime isn't as good or doesn't adapt the full story.

Hmm, where'd you find the fan translations? I might be interested in checking them out.Now that I've added Attack on Titan to my weekly list, I need to find another series to speed through when I have spare time ha. Anyone here seen Haiyore! Nyaruko-san? Some toku friends recommended it a while ago so thought I'd get some more opinions on it since I've been putting it off.~|ET|~

[WriterofReapers]

First season was pretty good.

 

Second was not. There were some weeks where I honestly dreaded having to watch it, and had to force myself to make it through the entire episode.

 

Why I didn't just drop the darn thing is beyond me.

[Terminus]

Would Tower of God count as a manga?Because I've been reading a lot of it, it's very good.

It's a manhwa, which is just the term for a Korean manga. So yeah, it is, it's just a manga that isn't Japanese.

I cannot find any manga that interests me, anywhere, ever. Can someone help me with this?

What would you be looking for? Manga genres are just as numerous as anime.

[DYLAN the SINKING STAR]

Hmm, where'd you find the fan translations? I might be interested in checking them out.

Right here: http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Sword_Art_Online

 

You can also find plenty of other light novel translations on that site.

[Hodor]

Supposedly, we get a new chapter of Kentaro Miura's Berserk on Friday. Same with the first chapter in a new mini-series, to my understanding?

 

Sounds like Friday is Best Day.

[Terminus]

Just finished the newest Coppelion, and the way it does cliffhanger endings is fantastic. Not my favorite show this season, but it's definitely the one that I always want to see as soon as possible. I can't really think of anything else that has weekly cliffhangers done this well.

 

Beyond the Boundary and Kill la Kill are constantly competing for my top spot, although since I thought that this week's Kill la Kill was one of the better episodes so far, and I'm almost positive this week's Beyond the Boundary is filler, so it's really a no brainer that Kill la Kill is on top for the moment.

 

I also can't stop finding things that somewhat annoy me in both Freezing Vibration and BlazBlue: Alter Memory, although with Freezing it's more changes to the story and timeline (I was really hoping that they'd skip the Brother arc... not that it's bad, but the E-Pandora arc is just so much better), and BlazBlue just sucks.

 

And the rest of what I'm watching this season (besides Tokyo Ravens) is all comedies. Golden Time and Non Non Biyori are at the top, Outbreak Company is in the middle, and I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Got A Job is at the bottom of the comedies I'm watching.

[dotcom]

I've been watching WataMote lately. It's so funny it's literally painful. I love it.

 

Also started Danganronpa. This series is...way messed up. But I'm really enjoying it.

[Slyph 1]

...I got hooked on Girls und Panzer. Enough that I watched the entire series in one day.

 

I need ideas for the plot for a GuP fanfiction. >>

[Hodor]

So it turned out that Berserk's serialization doesn't resume until the new year, after Miura's new miniseries ends. I'll be in the corner, sobbing if anyone needs me.EDIT: Watched the first two eps of Attack on Titan. By all means, the show is awful so far. The characters are almost completely unlikable, annoying, or just bland. The fluid animation is countered by the terrible, terrible art style and bad CG (and hampered further by the fact the backdrops and characters rarely look like they exist on the same plane of reality). The writing, even for anime, is melodramatic at best. And yet, it's like a trainwreck in its unintentional comedy value. The show's so goofy, that the giant robot cartoons I watch somehow are more serious.

Edited November 10, 2013 by Alastor MacBatman

[Terminus]

Well, the new Fate/stay night anime looks like It's going to be revealed in January. Definitely looking forward to this, I've played through maybe 1/4 of the visual novel and it's good so far.

 

What I don't like is how we already have more information for this than the Sailor Moon Anime (supposedly) coming out in two months. That was supposed to come out this summer, and yet we still know essentially nothing about it.

[Hodor]

I honestly doubt it's coming out, and if it does, it's probably going to be awful and rushed.

[Terminus]

So, I ordered the Mystery Box of 30 Anime DVDs from Crunchyroll a few weeks ago when it was on sale for $25, and it finally arrived today!

A good mix of stuff I have and haven't heard of, and I'm probably going to end up watching maybe about 2/3 of it, while the other third will go to FYE and get me some money (although I'm really not expecting much). Anyways, here's what I got:

Appleseed

Armitage: Dual Matrix

Astro Boy: The Beginning

Burn-Up Scramble 1

Dragon Hunters 1-4

Ex-Driver The Movie

Fighting Spirit 1

Gregory Horror Show

Gun X Sword 1,5, and 7

Heat Guy J 1

Last Exile 1-4

Lupin The 3rd Royal Scramble

The Melody of Oblivion 3

Rumiko Takahashi Anthology 1

Serial Experiments Lain 1

Submarine 707R (Both Standard and Limited editions)

The Soul Taker 2, 4

Viewtiful Joe 1

X Volume 3

Zipang 1

 

Only one I really know anything other than the name about is Armitage: Dual Matrix (I liked the OVA, so I'm glad I get to see the sequel), anyone know anthing about any of the other things I got?

[Hodor]

Appleseed, SoulTaker, GxS, Lupin, Lain, and Gregory Horror Show are all supposed to be pretty good. X has a decent following, but it's pretty decisive.

[dotcom]

So fairly recently I've finished WataMote, Attack on Titan, Squid Girl and Danganronpa. All great series. Would definitely recommend WataMote and Danganronpa, as they're short and oh so good.

 

Right now I'm working my way through the AoT manga and have started sort of watching/reading playthroughs/transcripts of Super Danganronpa 2. Pretty neat.

 

Also started a few series: Bakemonogatari, Toradora!, and I just just started Durarara! Bakemonogatari has been...weird. Toradora! is really fun so far. Haven't seen enough of Durarara! to make a comment. Buuuut it's related to Baccano! so it should be great.

Edited November 27, 2013 by dotcom

[Terminus]

Got Corpse Princess on DVD last week. I really enjoyed it, then it just... Stopped. And not just in the middle of an arc, but in the middle of a battle. Sure, it kinda ends, but... Wow. That has to be one of the most disappointing anime endings I've ever seen. And what's even worse is that the manga isn't translated up to the end of the series yet...

[Razgriz]

This week's Kill la Kill was absolutely insane. It's happening.

On top of that, the Index LNs are certainly a fun read.

[SarracenianKaijin]

Samurai Flamenco is the single most brilliant anime this season... so far atleast. But what a fantastic deconstruction and analysis of japanese tokusatsu superheroes, let me tell you.

 

Everyone needs to see it right now. It's on Crunchyroll, you are not losing anything.

 

Plus there's a violent magical girl vigilante. Sarracenian is pleased.

[Terminus]

Well, just finished the newest episode of BlazBlue: Alter Memory, and... This anime just has too many problems with it. Mainly animation (seriously, Makoto's blood kept disappearing and reappearing this episode), but also this is an example of a perfectly good, but rather complicated VN getting an adaptation that just convolutes the story further.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait until Bayonetta: Bloody Fate is availabe for a good game adaptation. And going by reviews, it sounds really good.

 

Anyways, what will people be watching when the next season starts? I'm definitely going to be watching Nisekoi (I'm rather enjoying the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump), and I'm thinking of giving Super Sonico a try. And I'm probably going to pick and choose a few more a week or two after everything starts.

[Hodor]

Probably just Toei Robot Girls Z, which is here to save anime.

 

Might watch Space Dandy and Sailor Moon, but I honestly doubt Sailor Moon is going to come out.

[Terminus]

A month ago, I would have thought Sailor Moon might still be coming out, but now that there's only about a month until it would start and we have no PV, character designs, promo art, anything, I'm convinced that It won't be happening until Spring, maybe even Summer. If we're lucky, it might happen in time for Sailor Moon's 50th anniversary.

[Hodor]

Found out Nobunga the Fool is fantasy mecha (or close enough).

 

Welp, I'm gonna be watching that. Need more of that stuff made.

[Ektris]

Just watched the first episode of Samurai Flamenco.

 

I don't see why the friend who pushed me to didn't try pushing harder when he knows I'm into the toku shows it's satirizing (although he doesn't quite realize how much heh). That was fantastic.

 

~|ET|~

[Hodor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD1mgufn2Bc

 

Some of you guys might get a kick out of this. Also two parter, so more members of the game's series list will be shown off later, probs.

[dotcom]

So I just watched the third Madoka movie, the Rebellion Story. I....I'm sure of two things. One, that I'm not at all sure what actually happened, and two, that I really, really hope there will eventually be some follow up to all that.

[Ektris]

On episode 8 of Samurai Flamenco... after the ending to episode 7, I am veeeery confused. But I've been liking the show so far.

 

~|ET|~

[The Lonesome Wanderer]

So....

 

I've been watching Durarara!!, Monogatari S2(finally getting good yay) and Kyousougiga.

[Terminus]

Well, just picked up Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 on DVD earlier. And the really good part: they were all the LE singles instead of the complete series, so I also now have half of the LOTR manga. Awesome.

 

Anyways, it's the end of the year again, so what was everyone's favorite series this year? For me, it's the first half of Kill La Kill, which is just an absolute blast to watch, IMO. Really just love it's absurdly excessive over-the-topness.

[Kothra]

Kyousougiga was my favourite series of this past season, but my favourite of the year?

Probably Railgun S (main story arc, anyway) or Maoyu (from the winter season).

 

 

 

I've been watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes recently. Currently 36 episodes in. It's living up to its reputation pretty well.

Edited December 30, 2013 by Kothra

[Ektris]

Caught up on it and I must say that Samumenco got too weird, too fast.

 

~|ET|~

[The Lonesome Wanderer]

My favorite anime of this year is Attack on Titan

Honerable Mention of Monogatari S2, because Dat Nadeko Arc was amazing.

 

Although, best I SAW this year, but wasnt from this year was Fate/Zero

[Ektris]

SAO 2 confirmed!

 

I loved the GGO arc and am so hyped to see it in anime form.

 

~|ET|~

Edited December 31, 2013 by Electric Turahk

[dcresistance]

Dang, I haven't been on here in forever. Anyway, what anime are y'all most excited for this month (or year, if month is too narrow)?

 

For me, personally, I'm really looking forward to:

• Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! (Chu-2 for short) Season 2 (fantastic first season, I highly recommend it if you're into romance/comedy anime). January 9th.
• Nisekoi (also a romance/comedy). The 11th.
• Pupa (fantasy/horror/psychological; the teasers will mess you up) The 10th.
• Seitokai Yakuindomo Season 2 (comedy/school anime; also has a fantastic first season) The 4th!
• Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Oksahiinda ga. (yet another romance/comedy anime) Also the 4th!

I definitely suggest you check those out with first seasons already released. They're absolutely amazing.

[Grandmaster Lehvorak]

Hey guys, since it is 2014 already.... Here is the Winter 2014 Anime line-up that will be coming out for this month and so on....
http://i4.minus.com/ibn5CtbX8FeEHT.jpg

 

-Lehvorak

[Terminus]

Finally just finished watching everything I was following from last season. Overall... Not that bad. Here are my thoughts:

 

Kill la Kill is insane, in an awesome kind of way that you'd expect from the people behind Gurren Lagann and Panty and Stocking. Definitely my favorite leading into next season.

 

Non Non Biyori was just cute, funny, and my favorite comedy this season. Really hoping this one gets another season most out of everything I watched.

 

I thought Freezing Vibration would suffer from both the E-Pandora and Brother arcs being squished into twelve episodes, but it managed pretty well. The story was altered slightly from the manga to change the timeline, along with a few other minor details, but it all worked fine in the end.

 

Outbreak Company was a pretty enjoyable comedy, although your enjoyment of the series is very dependent on how much of an Otaku you are. Plenty of in jokes, although it's still got a bunch for people who aren't really Otakus.

 

Don't watch BlazBlue: Alter Memory, play BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend instead. You'll thank me.

 

I almost dropped I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job a few episodes in, but I stuck it out lond enough for it to basically become a slightly worse version of The Devil is a Part-Timer! Thankfully, it was still funny, so it managed to do it's job as a comedy.

 

Beyond the Boundary was pretty fun, even though it felt like it was going all over the place at times. Really enjoyed the animation on this one.

 

Once I got past the awful CG (and insanely dense main character) of Tokyo Ravens, I liked it. Looking foward to when the Main Character realizes something (most likely in the next episode) that he should've realized about ten episodes ago.

 

Golden Time managed to both have a moderately interesting amnesiac main character and be a funny Rom-Com, although the series has dropped a little over the past few episodes. Still, hoping for some improvement in the second half.

 

Coppelion was interesting at first (complete with really good cliffhangers), until it became post-apocalyptic A Certain Scientific Railgun. It still managed to stay around average, though, in my opinion.

 

I really enjoyed Miss Monochrome, and I'm hopeful for a continuation up unil Monochrome becomes an Idol. Really woth checking out, the entire series is only 48 minutes long (each episode is 3 minutes and the ED song in each episode is 1 minute, so it's only 36 minutes if you skip the ED songs).

[The Lonesome Wanderer]

SAO Extra Edition is out-

 

only to be a 100 minute recap with some sequel hooks added in.

 

I was looking forward to maybe some new content outside of a post-plot scene thats made to promote SAO2

 

 

 

Oh, and I finished Durarara!!

And I think it might be a bit better than Baccano IMO.

Edited January 3, 2014 by The Lonesome Wanderer

[Hodor]

Things I'm looking forward to this year?

 

So far, the only things to color my interest are Nobunga the FOOL, Toei Robot Girls Z (the heroes anime deserves), Sailor Moon 2014 (>implying it's coming out), and JJBA: Stardust Crusaders.

 

Plus I gotta finish up the 15-20 other shows I've either got on hold or are watching.

 

ugh, short attention span.